Mayor Opposes Tax Increases in Brunswick Council Meeting
Mayor Stanley T. Wirts warned Brunswick councilmen of political pressure from residents seeking street improvements and wage hikes. He said unbudgeted projects would raise taxes and opposed any rate increase now. The council extended meter zones along First Avenue and West Potomac Street, with some blocks pending exact distances.
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Stanley T. Wirts
Brunswick
First Avenue
Petersville Road
Await Rain For Planting Trees In Frederick County
Frederick County aims to plant 100000 trees with fall planting timed to the first rains. A 2000 kickoff followed a forestry meeting led by Lawrence Crickenberger of the Forestry Conservancy Board. Attendees included F Bowers Rhea Kincaid H C Buckingham and Lester Ahlswede.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericks County
Lawrence H. Crickenberger
Frederick Forestry Conservancy Board
Dc. F. Bowers
Rhea T. Kincaid
Frederick and Galactin
Drekenberger
Crickenberger
Buckingham
Plang
Buctinhham
Army WAC Shot on Sunday in Maryland Drive
Agnes S. Thomas a Walter Reed laboratory technician was accidentally shot in the calves and buttocks on the highway between Doubs and Brunswick Saturday evening. She was treated at Frederick Memorial Hospital and transported to her base at Camp Detrick. A second driver, Curt W. Mead of Kensington, sustained chest injuries and a shoulder laceration in a separate accident on Steiner’s Hill. his condition was said to be improved.
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Army
WAC
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Pfe
Agnes S. Thomas
Walter Reed Hospital
Doubs
Brunswick
Detrick
C. H Feete
Curt W. Mead
Kensington
Steiner
Edward Crowther
Mead
Meads
Woman Slightly Injured In Sunday Car Collisions
One woman sustained a forehead contusion and $200 in property damage resulted from two minor Sunday collisions. Ethel Williams of Myersville received emergency care at Frederick Memorial Hospital. The Williams and Paul Williams car rear ended Arthur Askins on West Patrick Street near Norva Avenue at about 8 45 p m. Earlier at 1 p.m. on Jefferson and Pearl Streets Albert Crone of Marriottsville and Oscar Hall of Duck, W Va, collided. Crone’s car sustained about $100 damage. No charges were filed. A separate weekend arrest: Frank G Herbert of Washington jailed on drunken and reckless driving charges with a $7 02645 bond after a North Bentz Street incident.
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Ethel Williams
Myersville
Fredenck Memorial Hospital
Paul E. Williams
Rt. 1
Arthur W. Askins
Yamesville
Patrick Street
Norva Avenue
Jefferson and
Peal Streets
Albert R Crone
Rt 2
Marriottsville
Oscar C. Hall
Duck
Wo Va
Crone
Frank G Herbert
Washington
Wachinstonian
Nathan Dorsey
South Bentz Street
Hearime
Setor Tonizhi
People Should Know About Big Bombs Says Dean
Washington oct 35 former AFC chief Gordon Dean warns the United States has exploded weapons deemed highly destructive and says the Russian capacity should be disclosed publicly. He urges a frank government stance on atomic strength without revealing exact bomb numbers to prevent confusion among nations.
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Washington
Gordon Dean
Chanan
Atomic Ener Lami
Todas
United Sates
Tean
Oetense
AFC Coef
Dean
Jancheon
Washington Post
Five Garages Destroyed in Broad Way Fire
Firefighters battled a blaze that destroyed five frame garages and badly damaged a rear of a two story residence at 222 224 Broadway Tuesday afternoon. A five year old led a group of colored children who set trash alight behind the garages. The row of eight garages faced substantial heat with one automobile saved and volunteers moved cars to safety. Landlords Carl C Staley and Lloyd C Culler are insured.
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Broadway
Frank L. Crebs
Crebs
Imajor
Carl C. Staley
West South Street
Lloyd C. Culler
Frederick
Florida
Blood donors urged to give pint in Boonsboro drive
Frederick county residents are asked to donate a pint of blood at the Red Cross Bloodmobile in Boonsboro on Monday Oct 26. Donors can receive free blood for family transfusions and those giving at least 8 pints may earn Gailon Club certificates. Red Cross Motor Corps offers transportation to and from home for donors.
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Red Cross
Frederick County
Boonsboro
Jarboe Grove
Red Cross Motor Corps
Patrick M. Schnauffer
Motor Corps
Richard Dutrow
Jurors Drawn Westminster For November Circuit Court Term
Westminster and surrounding districts list jurors selected for the Carroll County Circuit Court term opening November 9 at 10 a m. The names cover Taneytown Uniontown Myers Woolerys Freedom Manchester Westminster Hampstead Franklin Middlebury New Windsor Union Bridge Mount Airy and Berrett districts with multiple jurors named for each district.
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Westminster
Carroll County
Taneytown
Martin Koons
Mark E. Wisotskey
Bernard E. Elliott
Maurice L. Buckler
Uniontown
John Walter Speicher
Joseph Howard West
Frank P. Suth Fern
Walter W. Robertson
Myers
George Edwin Moog
Levi Edwin Myers
Ray Thurman Brown
Woolerys
Marion B. Gore
Norman C. Barrick
Charles Donald Rhoten
Kiag Bayard Arnold
Freedom
William Brandenburg
Raymond Earl Gordon
Carleton Leo Barldette
Manchester
Curtis Stambaugh
Sterling Brown Leese
Henry H. Warner
John W Amspacher
Howard E. Garrett
William E. Miller
Earl David Young
Frank Talmadge Hoover
Virgil Esme Cain
Paul C Copenhaver
Union Bridge
Earline E. Alexander
Abner le Derbiss
Mount Airy
Charles William Main
William Andrew Boone Jr
Berrett
Clarence Warner Conaway
Charles Russell Jenkins Jr
Red minister attacked by communist press over church bell greeting Nazi return
The Protestant Pastor Georg Hirschelmann faced harsh criticism in the Communist press for ringing a church bell to welcome East German prisoner Karl Mueller back from Russia. The Freiherr party organ at Haile called him a fascist in religious robe and accused him of stirring anti Soviet feeling by ringing the bell for 15 minutes in a monstrous welcome.
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Berlin
Georg Hirschelmann
Russia
Freiherr
Red Party
Haile
Hirschelmann
Karl Mueller
Bids Sought for Addition to Victor Cullen State Hospital
The State Department of Public Improvements invites bids by November 12 at 2 p.m. for construction of a service wing addition at Victor Cullen State Hospital in Sabulerulie. The notice specifies submission details and project scope for the expansion work.
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State Department of Public Improvements
Victor Cullen
Sabulerulie
Style Show For Maryland Dental Association Features Autumn Fashions
A Maryland Dental Association style show presented autumn winter fashions for wives and guests at the Francis Scott Key Hotel banquet room. Models wore pencil slim skirts, boxy jackets, fur trims and varied fabrics in gray brown and black with hats by Snyder's Hat Shop. The event included luncheon and noted participants from Frederick and Hood College, with designs by Town and Country Shop and accessories from Glick’s Shoe Store.
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Betty Sul
Ivan
Maryland Dental Association
Francis Scott Key Hotel
William E. Trail
Charles E. Broadrup
Snyder's
Glick’s Shoe Store
E. B. Thomas
Charles II. V.sanner
Elias Ramsburg
Thomas Summers
G. Hunter Bowers, Jr
Frederick
Barbara Coleman
Hood College
Warren 8. Smith
Braddock Heights
Chick
Frederick County Dental Society
State Association In Progress
Pottsville Plane Group Visits Frederick for Flight
About twelve Pottsville aviation enthusiasts landed at Frederick Sunday, led by A V Tidmore. The group traveled 130 miles back to Pottsville, aided by instrument needs due to mountain haze. Also DC-3s from Mathieson Chemical landed, carrying three aboard. Sykesville and Hampstead fire companies buy two way radio gear for fire apparatus and ambulances.
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Pottsville
Frederick
V. Tidmore
A. V. Tidmore
William P. Tidmore
Ralph Price
Bruno Generella
John J. Richards
The
Mathieson Chemical Corporation
Sykesville Volunteer Fire Company
Leon Chrobot
Sykesville Company
Carroll County
Mt. Airy
Hampstead Fire Company
Virginians held on kidnapping charges in Hagerstown case
Three men from Round Hill Virginia and one from Purcellville Virginia were ordered held for Federal grand jury action on kidnapping a Hagerstown woman after a hearing before U. S. commissioner C Wels Little. Bail set at 1500 dollars each for Earl L Tomblin Marion F Hough and Daniel D Walters. A 15 year old defendant was released for lack of evidence. The victim described being forced into a car at gunpoint and driven to Purcellville before two companions fled. Tomblin released her later and she found help after escaping. Attorney W Vesey represented Walters and the minor. no counsel appeared for Tomblin or Hough.
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Hagerstown
Oct
U. S
C. Wels Little
Earl L.,tomblin
Marion F. Hough
Round Hill
Daniel D. Walters
Purcellville
Marie Celina Jolliffe
Martinsburg
W. Va
Porterfield Shuts Out All But One Team In A.L.
Porterfield posted a 22-10 record with nine shutouts as the Washington right-hander led the American League in shutouts this season, blanking Philadelphia three times Chicago twice and New York Boston St. Louis and Cleveland once each. Haddix topped the NL with six shutouts in his first full season, while Billy Pierce led the A L with seven whitewash efforts and Spahn and Roberts each had five in the NL.
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New York
Bob Porterfield
Detroit Tigers
Washington
Associated Press Today
Harvey Haddix
St. Louis Cardinals
Porterfield
Philadelphia
Chicago
Boston
St. Louis
Cleveland
Haddix
Lefty
Cincinnati
Billy Pierce
White Sox
Milwaukee
Warren Spahn
Robin Roberts
Amphibious Plane Crashes in Bermuda With Loss of Four
A U S Navy amphibious P2V crashed in St Georges Harbor Bermuda during a training flight from Quonset Point Rhode Island. Ten aboard, six rescued, four dead. A crash boat and Coast Guard cutter responded as the Prestonian arrived nearby.
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Mamilton
Bermuda
St. Georges Harbor
U. S. Air Force Base
Kindley Field
Quonset Point
R. 1
Air Force Base
Coast Guard
Cook Inlet
Prestonian
U S Workers Evade Taxes Claims Spark Congressional Action
Washington October 19 Senator Williams Republican Delaware says an estimated 25 000 federal employees evade income taxes and the government cannot collect. He cites Treasury workers among the offenders and proposes a new law authorizing attachment of paychecks to enforce tax payments. Internal Revenue agents have already identified delinquents and begun night visits to homes to pursue non payment.
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Washington
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Williams
Treasury Department
Congress
Delaware
Civil Service Commission
District Internal Revenue Office
Baltimore
L. A
Magazine Salesman Given Death Penalty
ARLINGTON Va Oct 19 William Clay Kensinger itinerant magazine salesman was sentenced to death today for the holdup slaying of taxicab driver Leroy E Applegate last July 24 Kensinger pleaded guilty to the slaying Medley fixed Dec 19 for his execution A woman in the courtroom screamed no Kensinger half sister Agnes Johnson of Pittsburgh testified as a character witness McCaughley received 12 years for a second degree murder and testified against Kensinger Joseph Freeze recanted extradition decision and was jailed on attempted murder charges A Ky corporal Kenneth Pohag training in Korea with the 24th Infantry Division
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Arlington
William Clay Kensinger
Kensinger
Leroy E. Applegate
Takoma Park
William D. Medley
Medley
Agnes’ Johnson
Pittsburgh
Johnson
Richard Lee McCaughley
Geneva- on-The-Lake
Ohio
Virginia
McCaughley
Washington
McCaughiey
Aberdeen Explosion Fatal To Bel Air Man
A Bel Air man, Harry M. Jorgenson, 29, was killed and colleague Noble H. Carter, 4, of Elkton injured in an Aberdeen Proving Ground explosion while removing smokeless powder from a 120 millimeter cartridge. An Army spokesman said Carter is expected to recover. A three-officer board opened an inquiry. Jorgenson had 2.5 years and Carter 5 years at the Proving Ground.
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Aberdeen
Harry M. Jorgenson
Belair
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Noble H. Carter
Elkton
Army S
Army
Jorgenson
Carter
Proving Ground
20 Die In Flight To Gala Dedication
A government owned C-47 carrying officials reporters and Gloria Mestre Ballet members to a gala honoring President Eisenhower and President Ruiz Cortines crash near Monterrey Mexico. The 23 passen ger craft went into a deep ravine and there were no survivors. Pilot Ruben Velasco and two crew members perished. Rescue efforts were hampered by rugged terrain and haze.
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Falcon Dam
Mexico
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adolfo Rita Cortinez
Monterrey
The
National Fine Arts Institute
Radames Gaxiola
Gaxiola
Eisenhower
Ruiz Cortines
Apartment House Fire at Daniels Mill Threatens Church
An oil stove fire destroyed a Daniels Street apartment building near Ellicott City, displacing four families. Damages around 35008 dollars. flames endangered Daniels Mill and a nearby church. Five acres of woods burned. Fire crews from Sykesville Ellicott City and Baltimore County responded. pupils identified owners and residents. House owners listed with four displaced couples.
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Daniels
Ellicott City
Sykesville
Baltimore County
C. R. Daniels
Hartley Merrioll
Oliver Overton
Chester Daniels
Mort Perry
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Women’s Guild
Glade
Raymond L. Goodsell
Raymond Goodsell
de Grange Street
Mediterranean Sea
L. S. S. Gran D. Mi
Alasha
Lucian i. Falconer, Jr
Lucian K. Falconer
New Market
Army Security Agency
Camp Breckinridge
Fort Richardson
Anchorage
Alaska
Bets A.A
UL AL P.O
P. M. Seauile
Frederick Appliance Edison Company
Potomac
Potomac Edison System
Frank Castle
L. DB. Wersham
Joseph Zachary Freeze
Conkcville
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
ABC
Freezes Srother
Charles Freeze
Linganore Road
Maryland
2Th Infantry DIV
Korea
Ary
Kenneth M. Pohag
Ethel
Middlelown
24Th Infantry Dectewa
Keres
City Hall
Salisbury
Colored Elks Home
Eiks Home
Citizens Club
Just Us Club
Eiks
William Parsons
Paul Waters
Douglas Jolly
Henry Nimmo
Hershberger’s
Civic Land
North Market Street
Swindow
Community Chest
Nimmo
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